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Complicated Acute Cholecystitis: The Role of C-Reactive Protein and Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio as Predictive Markers of Severity.

open access: yes, 2021
Objectives The clinical diagnosis of complicated acute cholecystitis (CAC) remains difficult with several pathological or ultrasonography criteria used to differentiate it from uncomplicated acute cholecystitis (UAC).
Thakkar, Mehual   +4 more
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Synchronous presentation of acute acalculous cholecystitis and appendicitis: a case report

open access: yesJournal of Medical Case Reports, 2011
Introduction Acute acalculous cholecystitis is traditionally associated with elderly or critically ill patients. Case presentation We present the case of an otherwise healthy 23-year-old Caucasian man who presented with acute right-sided abdominal pain ...
Sahebally Shaheel M   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Is the Mean Platelet Volume in Patients with Acute Cholecystitis an Inflammatory Marker? [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015
Introduction: Acute cholecystitis is an inflammatory disease of the gallbladder. Ultrasonography (US) is the initial and the most valuable method in the diagnosis of acute cholecystitis.
Asli Tanrivermis Sayit   +2 more
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Acute coronary syndrome mimicked by acute cholecystitis

open access: yes, 2010
Various aetiologies have been reported that cause severe trauma segment and T-wave abnormalities that are not related to acute coronary syndromes. However, the reports of transient ECG abnormalities associated with acute cholecystitis are limited in the ...
Musalar, Ekrem   +9 more
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Antibiotic selection based on microbiology and resistance profiles of bile from gallbladder of patients with acute cholecystitis

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
With the progression of acute cholecystitis, antimicrobial therapy becomes important for infection control. Current antibiotic recommendations were mostly based on reports of patients with acute cholangitis whose bile specimens were sampled from the ...
Suk-Won Suh   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Perforation of the gallbladder presenting as upper respiratory tract infection

open access: yesLiječnički vjesnik, 2023
Gallbladder perforation is a rare, but life-threatening complication of acute cholecystitis. Acute cholecystitis is a common biliary tract disease affecting mostly men over 50 years of age.
Fran Matijević, Marija Tominac
doaj   +1 more source

Population-based analysis of 4113 patients with acute cholecystitis: defining the optimal time-point for laparoscopic cholecystectomy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Objective: To compare clinical outcomes after laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) for acute cholecystitis performed at various time-points after hospital admission.
Banz, Vanessa   +7 more
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Acute cholecystitis: We can drain it! [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has recently been accepted as the standard treatment for acute cholecystitis patients. The major role of percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage has been temporarily stabilizing the patient's acute debilitating ...
Yoon, Hyun-Ki
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Developing a Simple Score for Diagnosis of Acute Cholecystitis at the Emergency Department

open access: yesDiagnostics, 2022
We aim to develop a diagnostic score for acute cholecystitis that integrates symptoms, physical examinations, and laboratory data to help clinicians for timely detection and early treatment of this disease.
Saowaluck Faikhongngoen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Acute Cholecystitis – Current Views [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Acute cholecystitis is predominantly a disease of females who account for 62 percent of cases and mainly affects those between 40 and 50 years1 and is closely associated with cholelithiasis.
Gakwaya, A M, Jombwe, J
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